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Why I changed my mind about nuclear power [from anti-nuclear to pro-nuclear]
TED Talk at YouTube ^ | Nov 17, 2017 | Michael Shellenberger

Posted on 09/14/2019 12:15:34 PM PDT by grundle

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To: Jim 0216
We don’t even know how to dispose of nuclear waste safely.

Nuclear power feels like a little kid behind the wheel of a Lamborghini in a crowded plaza.

That would be putting it mildly but you are very much on the right track.

21 posted on 09/14/2019 1:12:39 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: _Jim

ROTFLMAO!

What a scam!


22 posted on 09/14/2019 1:17:58 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: gunsequalfreedom

Why?


23 posted on 09/14/2019 1:19:10 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

re: “ROTFLMAO!

What a scam!”


And, presto change-o ... You’re an idiot!


24 posted on 09/14/2019 1:19:55 PM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: _Jim

LOL!

How is your cold fusion reactor working out?


25 posted on 09/14/2019 1:23:26 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

re: “LOL!

How is your cold fusion reactor working out?”


Hey MORON, this isn’t cold what- ... what did you call it?


26 posted on 09/14/2019 1:24:54 PM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: TexasGator

Speaking of which, moron, have you seen the presentations at MIT on the topic of which YOU speak by Dr. Peter Hagelstein or Dr. Mitchel Swartz?

Or no?

Are you as ignorant as you are dumb?


27 posted on 09/14/2019 1:26:55 PM PDT by _Jim (Save babies)
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To: grundle

Like it or not centralized power is going away

All of this going to be needed when there’s enough solar panels and batteries out there is a small natural gas speaker plans of 40 to 60 MW every few square miles

Inverter technology is unparalleled and my inverter put out much higher quality power that does the utility on a long-term basis

We’re talking about 100 years here so none of us will see all this go down

There’s really no point in building anymore nuclear plants Albeit they are safe , and for the greenhouse morons it doesn’t produce any CO2

There’s no work no point in building any power plants larger than say about 1 to 5 MW now

Facilities that need large amounts of power should just generate their own power using natural gas generation


28 posted on 09/14/2019 1:28:46 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: _Jim

What a crappy looking set-up!


29 posted on 09/14/2019 1:29:16 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: glennaro
Same goes for global warming worshipers who, if true to the tenets of their secular religion should passionately promote nuclear power.

That would seem logical except for one thing: many of them, especially the older higher-ups in the movement, are interested in another solution to "global warming," which is a very radical reduction in the human population of the earth, like by 99% or more. They don't talk about it too much, but they have on a few occasions let the mask slip.

30 posted on 09/14/2019 1:29:32 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: grundle

I have no idea why people are against nuclear energy. It is absolutely one of the great inventions of our time.

JoMa


31 posted on 09/14/2019 1:30:06 PM PDT by joma89
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To: _Jim

“Speaking of which, moron, have you seen the presentations at MIT on the topic of which YOU speak by Dr. Peter Hagelstein or Dr. Mitchel Swartz?”

Yep! We totally debunked those idiots years ago. All the cold-fusion scammers either died or withered away.


32 posted on 09/14/2019 1:31:51 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: _Jim

I’m an avid follower of Hagelstein and Swartz, and also of McKubre and Storms, although their work is considered toxic by members of this forum.


33 posted on 09/14/2019 1:35:21 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: _Jim

So you never got dilivery of your cold-fusion reactor?


34 posted on 09/14/2019 1:36:31 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: _Jim

“Hey MORON, this isn’t cold what- ... what did you call it?”

Same scam , New name!


35 posted on 09/14/2019 1:37:34 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: gunsequalfreedom
...Because there is not nearly enough highly radioactive water pouring into the Pacific Ocean?

Two facts you may wish to consider:

The water that is pumped in and out of a nuclear cooling facility is isolated from the water that actually touches the radioactive material.

Water itself cannot be contaminated by radiation. That is why it is used to cool nuclear reactors.

36 posted on 09/14/2019 1:41:27 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: _Jim

“The BrLP guys are making progress harnessing the process of taking the electron in a Hydrogen atom to a _lower_ than the ‘assumed’ ground state (as presently assumed/defined in QM).”

28 years in business and all you can show us is a crappy video?


37 posted on 09/14/2019 1:43:00 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Steely Tom

“I’m an avid follower of Hagelstein and Swartz, and also of McKubre and Storms, although their work is considered toxic by members of this forum.”

COLD FUSION SCAMMERS!


38 posted on 09/14/2019 1:45:28 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Jim 0216
We don’t even know how to dispose of nuclear waste safely.

My main objection, too. Uranium based waste is nasty for a couple of hundred thousand years. But, I understand thorium based nuclear bypasses this.

39 posted on 09/14/2019 1:48:19 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: 1L

Exactly and we always hear about the waste which stays deadly for a thousand years. Well we went from horse and buggy to stealth fighter jets in less then a hundred years, I’m pretty sure we could solve the waste problem.


40 posted on 09/14/2019 2:07:40 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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